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Monday, 18 April 2016

World's first Pastafarian wedding takes place

The
world’s first Pastafarian wedding between a British groom and New Zealand ride has
been held aboard a pirate ship in New Zealand.

Pastafarians
belong to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (CFSM), which the New
Zealand government approved to conduct legal marriages in 2015. The church believes
a god made of spaghetti and meatballs is just as likely as other gods.
According to its website, its only dogma is ‘the rejection of dogma’.

British
man Toby Ricketts and New Zealander Marianna Fenn have been together for four
years. Although they never considered marrying before, when the first
Pastafarian marriage celebrant was sanctioned by the country’s government they
decided the chance to hold a humorous and original wedding was too good to pass
up.

The
bride and groom wore head-to-toe pirate regalia, and guests donned eye-patches,
pirate hats and feathers for the ceremony which took place over the weekend. Fenn
also wore a colander on her head – the official headdress of the church.

During
the ceremony, Ricketts and Fenn exchanged rings made of pasta, and in his vows
Ricketts promised to always add salt while boiling spaghetti.

The
total cost of the wedding was NZ$3,000 (£1,460), and the couple supplied the
wedding feast – 15kg of tomatoes from their garden, vegetarian meatballs, and
plenty of pasta and bread.

The
couple are the first to be married by CFSM marriage celebrant Karen Martyn who
said she has at least a dozen more weddings lined up this year.

Original
story here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/worlds-first-pastafarian-wedding-takes-place-in-new-zealand

Love this story, did you know there is a Russian who has won the right in court to wear a colander on his head as part of his pastafarian beliefs. I think it's brilliant, long live the spaghetti monster